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FBI Special agent Brad Raines is facing his toughest case yet.A Denver serial killer has killed four beautiful young women,leaving a bridal veil at each crime scene, and he's picking up hispace. Unable to crack the case, Raines appeals for help from a mostunusual source: residents of the Center for Wellness andIntelligence, a private psychiatric institution for mentally illindividuals whose are extraordinarily gifted.
It's there that he meets Paradise, a young woman who witnessedher father murder her family and barely escaped his hand. Diagnosedwith schizophrenia, Paradise may also have an extrasensory gift:the ability to experience the final moments of a person's life whenshe touches the dead body.
In a desperate attempt to find the killer, Raines enlistsParadise's help. In an effort to win her trust, he befriends thisstrange young woman and begins to see in her qualities that most'sane people' sorely lack. Gradually, he starts to question whethersanity resides outside the hospital walls...or inside.
As the Bride Collector picks up the pace-and volume-of hisgruesome crucifixions, the case becomes even more personal toRaines when his friend and colleague, a beautiful young forensicpsychologist, becomes the Bride Collector's next target.
It's there that he meets Paradise, a young woman who witnessedher father murder her family and barely escaped his hand. Diagnosedwith schizophrenia, Paradise may also have an extrasensory gift:the ability to experience the final moments of a person's life whenshe touches the dead body.
In a desperate attempt to find the killer, Raines enlistsParadise's help. In an effort to win her trust, he befriends thisstrange young woman and begins to see in her qualities that most'sane people' sorely lack. Gradually, he starts to question whethersanity resides outside the hospital walls...or inside.
As the Bride Collector picks up the pace-and volume-of hisgruesome crucifixions, the case becomes even more personal toRaines when his friend and colleague, a beautiful young forensicpsychologist, becomes the Bride Collector's next target.